Housebuilder Persimmon has been given the go-ahead for a major residential scheme on the seafront at Aberavon.
Neath Port Talbot Council’s planning committee has granted Persimmon Homes West Wales planning permission to build 137 homes on the site of the former Afan Lido Leisure Centre.
The development will include two, three and four-bedroom houses as well as a range of two-bedroom flats.
The Afan Lido Leisure Centre, officially opened by The Queen in the 1970s, was burned down by a fire in 2009 with the prime site unused since.
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Over the past two decades, Neath Port Talbot Council has been undertaking a major regeneration of the Aberavon seafront with millions of pounds having been spent on new attractions, the upgrading of public facilities and developments such as the Afan Lido replacement, the Aberavon Leisure and Fitness Centre.
The 3.1 hectare housing development site will front onto Aberavon Beach and Princess Margaret Way, which is the main route along seafront.
The site is owned by the local authority with Persimmon coming through an open procurement process.
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Annette Wingrave, Neath Port Talbot Council’s cabinet member for regeneration and sustainable development, said: “This is a really exciting development in one of our most attractive locations.
“The development of the site for residential use will have the twin benefit of delivering much-needed new housing which will not only visually enhance this end of the seafront, it will also bring more people to live in the area, adding to its vitality and providing more footfall to existing businesses there.”